Safely managed sanitation — all countries

Safely managed sanitation — Eastern Europe

Safely managed sanitation in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 74.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.1 pp.

2024 74.1% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 82.2%2000
Period minimum 66.5%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Safely managed sanitation — Eastern Europe, 2000–202465707580852000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 82.2%2001: 77.6%2002: 66.5%2003: 66.8%2004: 67.1%2005: 67.5%2006: 67.9%2007: 68.3%2008: 68.8%2009: 69.1%2010: 69.5%2011: 69.9%2012: 70.3%2013: 70.6%2014: 71%2015: 71.3%2016: 71.7%2017: 72.1%2018: 72.4%2019: 72.8%2020: 73.1%2021: 73.5%2022: 73.7%2023: 73.8%2024: 74.1%
Change over the period: −8.1 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe 74.1%
World 58.5%
Safely managed sanitation — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 74.1 +0.2 pp
2023 73.8 +0.2 pp
2022 73.7 +0.2 pp
2021 73.5 +0.3 pp
2020 73.1 +0.3 pp
2019 72.8 +0.4 pp
2018 72.4 +0.3 pp
2017 72.1 +0.4 pp
2016 71.7 +0.4 pp
2015 71.3 +0.4 pp
2014 71 +0.4 pp
2013 70.6 +0.4 pp
2012 70.3 +0.4 pp
2011 69.9 +0.4 pp
2010 69.5 +0.4 pp
2009 69.1 +0.4 pp
2008 68.8 +0.4 pp
2007 68.3 +0.5 pp
2006 67.9 +0.4 pp
2005 67.5 +0.3 pp
2004 67.1 +0.3 pp
2003 66.8 +0.3 pp
2002 66.5 −11.1 pp
2001 77.6 −4.6 pp
2000 82.2

About the indicator

The share of the population with safely managed sanitation — the top rung of the WHO and UNICEF ladder. Having a separate toilet is not enough: the waste must either be treated on the spot or removed and treated elsewhere. It is the second condition that makes the indicator far more demanding than basic sanitation: in many large cities almost everyone has a toilet, but there are no treatment facilities for the whole volume of wastewater, and by this measure a country turns out to be noticeably lower.

Important: It accounts not only for the presence of a toilet but also for the fate of the wastewater, so the values are substantially lower than those of basic sanitation.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.